Question

Which function has the greatest rate of exponential growth?

A) h(t) = (1 + 0.18)^t/6
B) k(t) = (3/8)^t
C) f(t) = 1.36^t
D) g(t) = 0.86^t​

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

Here, we want to find which of the expressions have the greatest rate of exponential growth.

The easiest way to go about this is have a substitution for the term t;

Let’s say t = 6

Thus;

h(t) = 1.18^1 = 1.18

K(t) = 0.375^6 = 0.002780914307

f(t) = 1.36^6 = 6.327518887936

g(t) = 0.86^6 = 0.404567235136

Another way to find this is to express each as a sum of 1

f(t) = (1+ 0.36)^t

g(t) = (1-0.14)^t

k(t) = (1-0.625)^t

We can see clearly that out of all the terms in the brackets asides 1, 0.36 is the biggest in value